Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu French

1835–98

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Artwork Details

Title: Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices
Artist: Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (French, Angers 1819–1898 Paris)
Date: 1835–98
Medium: Watercolor, pen and black ink over black chalk, on gray-green paper
Dimensions: 10 13/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.4 x 35.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, 1991
Object Number: 1991.267
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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